"More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye."

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#Book Quotes #Eye Quotes #Library Quotes

“Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.”
“Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.”
“Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, and evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high.”
“I constantly signal to the Iraqi leaders that our patience, or the patience of the American people, is running out”

Source : "US envoy bows out with warning to Iraqis: 'Our patience is wearing thin'" by Michael Howard, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2007.
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.”
“The gardener had a dread of small women; he'd always imagined them to have an anger disproportionate to their size.”
“Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.”
“Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!”

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